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Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium

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The Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium is an award for "creative achievement" in American comic books.

History and name change

The award was launched in 2010 as Best Adaptation from Another Work. No award was given in 2011. In 2012 the award was renamed to Best Adaptation from Another Medium. No award was given in 2015 or 2017.





Winners and nominees

Award winners and nominees
Year Title Original Creator Adapted by Publisher Result Ref.
2010 Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter Template:Sortname Template:Sortname IDW Publishing Winner [1]
Template:Sort Template:Sortname W. W. Norton & Company Nominee
Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation Template:Sortname Template:Sortname and Nicolle Rager Fuller Rodale Books Nominee
Fahrenheit 451 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Hill & Wang Nominee
West Coast Blues Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Fantagraphics Nominee
2011 Template:Sort Template:Sortname Template:Sortname and Skottie Young Marvel Comics Winner [1]
Template:Sort Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Nominee [2]
7 Billion Needles, vols. 1 and 2 (Inspired by Needle) Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Vertical Nominee [2]
Dante's Divine Comedy Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Bloomsbury Publishing Nominee [2]
SilverFin: A James Bond Adventure Template:Sortname Template:Sortname and Kev Walker Disney-Hyperion Nominee [2]
2012 No Eisner Award for Best Adaptation was presented in 2012.[1][3]
2013 Richard Stark's Parker: The Score Template:Sortname Template:Sortname IDW Publishing Winner [1]
Template:Sort Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Farrar, Straus and Giroux Nominee [4]
Chico and Rita Template:Sortname and Javier Mariscal SelfMadeHero Nominee [4]
Homer's Odyssey Homer Template:Sortname Bloomsbury Publishing Nominee [4]
Road to Oz Template:Sortname Template:Sortname and Skottie Young Marvel Comics Nominee [4]
2014 Richard Stark's Parker: Slayground Template:Sortname Template:Sortname IDW Publishing Winner [1][5]
Template:Sort Template:Sortname Template:Sortname and Jaromír 99 SelfMadeHero Nominee [5]
Template:Sort Template:Sortname Template:Sortname SelfMadeHero Nominee [5]
Template:Sort Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Last Gasp Nominee [5]
Django Unchained Template:Sortname Template:Sortname, R. M. Guéra, et al. DC Comics/Vertigo Comics Nominee [5]
2015 No Eisner Award for Best Adaptation was presented in 2015.[1][6]
2016 Two Brothers Template:Sortname Template:Sortname and Gabriel Bá Dark Horse Comics Winner [1][7]
Captive of Friendly Cove: Based on the Secret Journals of John Jewitt Template:Sortname Template:Sortname, Mike Short, and Matt Dembicki Fulcrum Publishing Nominee [7]
City of Clowns Template:Sortname Template:Sortname and Sheila Alvarado Riverhead Books Nominee [7]
Ghetto Klown Template:Sortname Template:Sortname, Christa Cassano, and Shamus Beyale Abrams ComicArts Nominee [7]
Lafcadio Hearn's “The Faceless Ghost” and Other Macabre Tales from Japan Template:Sortname Template:Sortname and Michiru Morikawa Shambhala Publications Nominee [7]
2017 No Eisner Award for Best Adaptation was presented in 2017.[1][8]
2018 Kindred Template:Sortname Template:Sortname and John Jennings Abrams ComicArts Winner [1]
Beowulf Template:Sortname and David Rubín Image Comics Nominee [9]
H. P. Lovecraft's The Hound and Other Stories Template:Sortname Template:Sortname, trans. by Zack Davisson Dark Horse Comics Nominee [9]
Herman Melville's Moby Dick Template:Sortname Template:Sortname, trans. by Laure Dupont Dark Horse Comics Nominee [9]
2019 ”Frankenstein” in Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection Template:Sortname Template:Sortname, trans. by Jocelyne Allen Viz Media Winner [10][11]
Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation Template:Sortname Template:Sortname and David Polonsky Pantheon Books Nominee [12]
Out in the Open Template:Sortname Template:Sortname, trans. by Lawrence Schimel SelfMadeHero Nominee [12]
Speak: The Graphic Novel Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Farrar, Straus and Giroux Nominee [12]
To Build a Fire: Based on Jack London's Classic Story Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Gallery 13 Nominee [12]
2020 Snow, Glass, Apples Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Dark Horse Comics Winner [13][14][15]
Template:Sort Template:Sortname Template:Sortname HMH Books for Young Readers Nominee [16]
Template:Sort Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Nan A. Talese Nominee [16]
Template:Sort Template:Sortname Template:Sortname, trans. by Michael Kandel Scholastic Graphix Nominee [16]
Giraffes on Horseback Salad: Salvador Dali, the Marx Brothers, and the Strangest Movie Never Made Template:Sortname Template:Sortname, Tim Heidecker, and Manuela Pertega Quirk Books Nominee [16]
H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness, vols. 1–2 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname, trans. by Zack Davisson Dark Horse Manga Nominee [16]
2021 Superman Smashes the Klan Template:Sortname and Gurihiru DC Comics Winner [17]
Constitution Illustrated R. Sikoryak Drawn & Quarterly Nominee [18]
Parable of the Sower: The Graphic Novel Adaptation Template:Sortname Template:Sortname and John Jennings Abrams Books Nominee [18]
Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind, vol. 1 Template:Sortname, David Vandermeulen, and Daniel Casanave Harper Perennial Nominee [18]
Slaughterhouse-Five Template:Sortname Template:Sortname and Albert Monteys Archaia Entertainment/Boom! Studios Nominee [18]
2022 George Orwell’s 1984: The Graphic Novel Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Mariner Books Winner [19][20]
After the Rain Template:Sortname Template:Sortname and David Brame Megascope/Abrams ComicArts Nominee [19][20]
Bubble Template:Sortname Template:Sortname, Sarah Morgan, and Tony Cliff First Second/Macmillan Nominee [19][20]
Disney Cruella: Black, White, and Red Template:Sortname VIZ Media Nominee [19][20]
Template:Sort Template:Sortname Template:Sortname SelfMadeHero Nominee [19][20]
2023 Chivalry Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Dark Horse Comics Winner [21]
Rain Template:Sortname Template:Sortname and Zoe Thorogood Syzygy/Image Nominee [21]
Ten Days in a Madhouse Template:Sortname Template:Sortname and Courtney Sieh Gallery 13/Simon & Schuster Nominee [21]
Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes, The Graphic Album Template:Sortname Template:Sortname (ed.) Z2 Nominee [21]
Template:Sort Template:Sort Template:Sortname and Yevgenia Nayberg Turner Nominee [21]

References

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